girls:
266 births since 1998
#5450 (5th percentile)
boys:
314 births since 1959
#4272 (7th percentile)
overall:
580 births since 1959
#7159 (7th percentile)
The name Dezi is the #7,159 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 580 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 7.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,272 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 314 births since 1959. For girls, it ranks #5,450 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 266 births since 1998.
Dezi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (1959 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Dezi is available in 35 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 22 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dezi is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 51.4% of babies named Dezi were boys.
For boys, Dezi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #897) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dezi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #897 (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million.
For girls, Dezi reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #918) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dezi ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 83.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dezi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dezi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.4% confident that Dezi is pronounced as DEH-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is day-zee, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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